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Leicester City Deducted Points
Leicester City’s men’s team have been deducted 6 points in the EFL Championship for breaching spending rules. The points deduction was recommended by an independent commission, which found Leicester to have breached Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) in the 2023/24 season, when Leicester were promoted from the Championship back to the Premier League. Leicester have…
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She ate, no she Devoured: Devour album and listening party review
Like many university students on the 30th of October, we found ourselves dressed up and heading to London. Unlike the masses heading there for its prominent clubbing scene, we walked down the dark cobbled streets of Hoxton to spend another Halloween with ‘the lucky lady’ herself, Etta Marcus. The event was scheduled to start at 6pm so we arrived early, landing us second in the queue. We were greeted…
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A coffee with Matt Schofield: Get to know your SU president
Matt Schofield meets me in the David Wilson library café in a blue shirt and his signature Students’ Union jacket. He’s holding a velvet notebook in one hand (I have been told he takes this everywhere) and buys us both a coffee with the other. “It’s been a difficult year,” Matt says between sips, “with…
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And You Know What?
by Megan Stafford-Adatia I’m a final year English Literature student—and this is where all those overflowing Psychology, Law, and Medicine students inspired by an aesthetic or parental pressure scoff—and you know what? English is already looked down upon as a degree. I’m not going to sugarcoat it or pretend otherwise—though I bloody wish the department…
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Terrible Tannery: life in the infamous “belt whipping” accommodation
University of Leicester student, Maya Sterling*, says she wasn’t surprised when her flatmate told her men were being arrested in the elevator outside her flat, stating, “it’s really normal for this accommodation.” She added: “I had to call the police myself once, after being woken up at 5 am by a guy who was hitting…
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Leicester City manager, Cifuentes sacked after disappointing start to the season.
After a disappointing 2-1 loss to Oxford United, Leicester city manager Marti Cifuentes has been sacked. The former Queens Park Rangers boss joined the foxes following the club’s relegation to the second division last season after a disappointing Premier League campaign under Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Leicester currently sit 14th in the table at the time of Cifuentes’s departure, far from the clubs’ ambitions and expectations before the campaign began. Foxes’ legend and…
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University says they support students pursuing “any industry sector” following SU referendum
Last week, the ‘YES’ campaign won the Student Union (SU) referendum with an overwhelming 86% majority, meaning the SU will now formally pressure the university to demilitarise. In response, a spokesperson for the University of Leicester said: “The University acknowledges the referendum result and strength of feeling on the issue. We have been in ongoing…
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An Insight into the University of Leicester’s AI Policies
Between decreases in funding, reduced international student numbers, and job cuts, universities across the UK have been struggling in recent years. However, the hot topic this academic year has been the use of Generative AI in university assignments and whether this can be considered ethical. As we enter into the technological landscape where an AI…
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Referendum Results are in! Students back ‘Arms Off Campus’ campaign
Voting has concluded with the Students’ Union (SU) referendum on the demilitarisation of the University of Leicester.
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A day on the picket line with Leicester UCU
The Leicester Student-Worker Action Group (LSWAG), in collaboration with the Leicester University and College Union (UCU) were not deterred by the wet, chilly weather and held an organised march and rally on the 22nd of January, which lasted from 11 am-3 pm. The protest began with a picket line by the main Leicester campus’ University…